Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will revisit the orbital road issue at its ordinary meeting on Wednesday, February 20.
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The meeting starts at 5.30pm.
On the agenda is the orbital road feasibility study.
The orbital engineering feasibility study was undertaken as part of council’s strategic transport planning responsibility. The associated report will be used to guide further planning for the orbital project.
Other discussions around the orbital road include responses to questions raised by Mayor Peta Pinson from the most recent meeting.
They both concern the orbital road.
Cr Pinson asked how the current investigation area was determined as being the preferred investigation area, and, how development was able to take place in that investigation area given the route options were determined in 2008.
Coupled with the orbital road discussion, council is also likely to discuss information contained in its traffic study reports.
The traffic study will be used to form strategic future road network and land use planning.
Another road related matter for council is the traffic congestion issue on the Oxley Highway.
The report is likely to shed some light on a communication strategy regarding roles and responsibilities between the state government and council concerning the highway.
Council will also discuss a $14m multi-storey commercial premises and tourist and visitor accommodation on Wednesday.
The development is planned for Clarence Street.
According to council, issues raised during assessment and public exhibition of the application have been considered in the assessment of the application.
Where relevant, conditions have been recommended to manage the impacts attributed to these issues.
The site is considered suitable for the proposed development and the proposal adequately addresses relevant planning controls, the report notes.
Cr Lisa Intemann will table a notice of motion regarding the real food markets.
The notice is requesting that the market become an exception to council's just-adopted markets policy relating to timing in the CBD.
If successful, it would mean the markets are permitted to start from noon.
A council report will also be tabled concerning the amount of cost shifting and how it affects council's operation.
The report notes that cost shifting from the federal and state governments to council currnetly costs around $11.7 million per year.
That figure is continuing to rise, according to the report.
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